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SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS . SESS. III. CHs . 88, 89. 1931 . the Highway De partment of t he State of Fl orida shall, at any time within three years after the completion of such bridge, investigate such costs and determine the accuracy and the reasonableness of the costs alleged in the statement of the costs so filed, and shall make a finding of the actual and reasonable costs of constructing, financ ing, a nd pro motin g such bridg e ; for the pu rpose of su ch investigation the said Pensacola Bridge Corporation (a Florida Rec ords to be a vail- able .

corporation), its successors and assigns, shall make available all able .

of its records in connection with the construction, financing, and Findings conc lusive . promotion thereof . The findings of the Secretary of War as to the reasonable costs of the construction, financing, and promotion of the bridge shall be conclusive for the purposes mentioned in section 2 of this Act, subject only to review in a court of equity for fraud or gross mistake . Right to sell, assign,

SEC . 5 . The right to sell, assign, transfer, and mortgage all the etc., conferred . rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Act is hereby granted to P ensacola Brid ge Corporatio n (a' Florida corporation), its successors and assigns ; and any corporation to which, or any person to whom, such rights, powers, and privileges may be sold, assigned, or transferred, or who shall acquire the same by mortgage, foreclosure, or otherwise, is hereby authorized and empowered to exercise the same as fully as though conferred herein directly upon such corporation or person . Amendment .

SEC . 6. The right to alter, amend , or repeal t his Act is her eby expressly reserved . Approved, January 31, 1931 . January 31 i6 ,, ']'- 19 [n.R.1 .CHAP . 8 9 .-An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Pittsburgh, [Public, No. 602 .] Cincinnati, Chicago and Saint Louis Railroad Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge across the Kankakee Rive r. Kankakee River. Pittsburgh, Cincin- nati, Chicago and Saint Louis Railr oad Com- pany may brid ge, b e- tween Laporte and Starke Counties, Ind . Construction. Vol.34,p. 84. Right to sell, assign, etc ., confe rred . Amendment . Investigation of. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the consent of Congress is hereby granted to the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and Saint Louis Railroad Company, its successors and assigns, to construct, m aintain, and operate a rai lroad bridge a nd approaches thereto across the Kankakee River, at a point suitable to the inter- ests of navigation, on the line between the counties of Laporte and Starke, and in Dewey Township, in Laporte County, and Rail- road Township, in Starke County, in the State of Indiana, in accord- ance with the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March 23, 1906. SEC. 2 . The right to sell, assign, transfer, and mortage all the rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this AA' is hereby granted to the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and Saint Louis Rail- road Company, its successors and assigns, and any corporation to which or any person to whom such rights, powers, and privileges may be sold, assigned, or transferred, or who shall acquire the same by mortgage foreclosure or otherwise, is hereby authorized to exer- cise the same as fully as though conferred herein directly upon such corporation or person . SEC . 3 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved . Approved, January 31, 1931 .